To rediscover New Turkey
An unproductive way to start an analysis on Turkey is to give precedence to prior knowledge. Turkey has changed so much the last few years that what was known until
Bilingualism and national identity: Prestigious versus unprestigious languages
Languages which until the 18th and 19th century were only tools to communicate attained new roles with the appearance of the nation-states and nationalism. They were associated to national identity.
Smyrna Fire by H. Millas
RT Erdogan said the the Greeks burned down İzmir (Smyrna) in 1922. Here are two article of H. Millas that reviews this historical issue:
Underdevelopment
The underdeveloped nature of the Ottoman state has been so over-discussed that it is hard to add anything new to the discussion. Still, I am going to try. While I don’t necessarily know anything about what was, I do
Friendship among people or between nations? – The Case of Greeks and Turks
I feel honoured that I am invited to speak at this meeting about Greeks and Turks. I have spent a large part of my life opposing the agents as well as the understanding that caused the enmity, the hostility, even
H.M Articles
Les romans, les femmes et les relations gréco-turquesLiterary Critisizm | Sunday, 1 August 1999 By H. Millas, in the journal 'Genese-Oluşum', France, May/August 1999 Traduction : Samim et Frédérique AKGÖNÜL Les romans, les femmes et les relations gréco-turque... |
The National Perception of the ‘Other’ and the Persistence of Some ImagesOn Historiography | Thursday, 1 January 2004 First published in Turkish-Greek Relations – The Security Dilemma in the Aegean, Editors: Mustafa Aydın & Kostas Ifandis, Routledge, London and New York, 2004. The National Percept... |
Ethnic Identity and Nation Building: On Byzantine and Ottoman Historical LegacyOn Historiography | Thursday, 16 November 2006 Presentation of Dr. Hercules Millas at the conference ‘The EU and the Historical Legacy in the Balkans’, University Centre St-Ignatius, Antwerp (UCSIA), November 16th -17th 2006 – Final text &nb... |
A concealed political debate - and ‘borrowings’ - in Greek and Turkish textsOn Historiography | Friday, 19 March 2004 Presentation of Hercules Millas in the ‘Literary/cultural Festival’, Thessaloniki/Istanbul – March 19/24/2004. A concealed political debate - and ‘borrowings’ - in Greek an... |
Bilingualism and national identity: Prestigious versus unprestigious languagesSchool Books-Teaching | Thursday, 28 February 2019 H. Millas, 2 November 2019, in the meeting: Institute for Literature – BAS, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” and Institut Français : “Bilingualism. The language as lieu de mem... |
The Exchange of Populations in Turkish LiteratureLiterary Critisizm | Wednesday, 1 January 2003 First published in Crossing the Aegean, An Appraisal on the 1923 Compulsory Populations Exchange Between Greece and Turkey, Edit. Renee Hirschon, New York & Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2003. &nb... |
The Imagined 'Other' as National Identity: Greeks and TurksUnpublished Presentations-Lectures | Thursday, 28 April 2005 A lecture at SOAS (London) by Dr. Hercules Millas (University of Athens); April 28, 2005 The Imagined 'Other' as National Identity: Greeks and Turks NOTES & TITLES - Any t... |
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